Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
Events this week and, no doubt, for the next few weeks and months, will decide the economic and political future of the UK – and of each and every one of us who live here. Whether you voted to leave or remain, the fact is that we are now in a hugely damaging situation, with …
Continue reading “Brexit – why it’s time to give a little love”
Based on the post-war record of UK economic expansion, we may be about to experience a sharp slowdown (see chart A). Latest figures show that the UK grew by 0.4% in the final quarter of 2017, down by 0.1% from an earlier estimate of 0.5%. In the year as a whole, the UK economy expanded …
I was reminded of a Dionne Warwick song recently and the lyrics resonated with me: ‘What the world needs now is love sweet love, / It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of, / What the world needs now is love sweet love, / No, not just for some but for everyone,…’ If …
Continue reading “Trade: not just for some but for everyone is the only way forward”